South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)

Object

Representation ID: 2467

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

It would be inappropriate to develop beyond the "nucleated" settlement as every village is based on ribbon development and new development should follow this pattern. The Church Meadow Site is beyond two former nucleated development sites and only accessible by a single access point. The existing houses are commonly populated by young families and children can often be found playing in the street outside their houses; additional development would increase traffic and thereby generate road safety issues.

Object

Representation ID: 2468

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

All roads in and out of Alpington are single track either in entirety or predominantly. These access roads are already heavily used. Based upon SAM2 speed camera data collected by the Parish Council, it is a matter of record that there are 29,000 vehicle movements per month on Church Road. There are no footpaths through Yelverton and the PC has for many years sought Highways assistance to improve road safety for pedestrians, but still we have no protected route.
There is a limited bus service to Norwich and Loddon and none to Bungay or Poringland.

Object

Representation ID: 2469

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The primary school is already at capacity so what is the plan to accommodate any additional primary-school-age children moving to the Cluster?
The Post Office has no footpath and therefore is only accessible by pedestrians walking along a busy, single file in places, road.
The bus service does not serve Poringland where the nearest doctors, pharmacy and convenience stores are located.

Object

Representation ID: 2470

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Nichols Road - in 2005 it was agreed and documented with SNDC and AYPC that this was an Exception Site and would never be extended. This agreement was made as part of the previous Local Plan process. SNDC also acknowledged that further changes in the development boundary would be inappropriate due to the inadequate highway routes. Clearly, we have long memories and we’d like to think that any agreements reached SNDC yourselves would stand the test of time. Your planning team may have changed over time but the agreement should not.
It is Grade 2 agricultural land, therefore sacrosanct.

Object

Representation ID: 2471

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

How will minor adjustments to the highway "encourage sustainable transport options"? These are just words without substance and are insufficient to remedy the current traffic issues, let alone those caused by further development. Church Road has a number of pinchpoints with safety issues for pedestrians and car to car passing. The Church wall and adjacent blind bend in the road are one such example.
Why do you believe an improved crossing point or formal bus stops are needed? These are the least of the issues that could be listed as needing attention.

Object

Representation ID: 2472

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The site may be "visually well contained", but the access is constrained to a single entry point, through two previous developments with cars regularly parked on the road partially obstructing the flow of traffic. Another 25 houses will significantly add to the traffic flow though an area where children play in the street outside their houses.
On days when the local football club play, Church Meadow is completely overwhelmed by overspill cars from football supporters and there have historically been issues of access for residents and potentially for emergency vehicles. New houses will exacerbate this.

Object

Representation ID: 2474

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

ALP1 is a green field site. Once developed it can never be returned to the grassy meadow with an abundance of wildlife it currently is. The Government policy (Michael Gove MP) is to prioritise brown field sites so why is this site being considered, especially in a village that simply cannot cope with additional development. Additionally, there is now no Government directive to build where it can be shown that new development is damaging the character of their area. SNDC should should look carefully at their outdated policy or face judicial review.